{"product_id":"9781938235382","title":"Whiskey \u0026 Ribbons","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSet in contemporary Louisville, Leesa Cross-Smith’s mesmerizing first novel surrounding the death of a police officer is a requiem for marriage, friendship and family, from an author Roxane Gay has called “a consummate storyteller.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvi—a classically-trained ballerina—was nine months pregnant when her husband Eamon was killed in the line of duty on a steamy morning in July. Now, it is winter, and Eamon's adopted brother Dalton has moved in to help her raise six-month-old Noah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhiskey \u0026amp; Ribbons\u003c\/i\u003e is told in three intertwining, melodic voices: Evi in present day, as she’s snowed in with Dalton during a freak blizzard; Eamon before his murder, as he prepares for impending fatherhood and grapples with the danger of his profession; and Dalton, as he struggles to make sense of his life next to Eamon’s, and as he decides to track down the biological father he’s never known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the vein of Jojo Moyes’ After You, Whiskey \u0026amp; Ribbons explores the life that continues beyond loss, with a complicated brotherly dynamic reminiscent of Elizabeth Strout’s The Burgess Boys. It’s a meditation on grief, hope, motherhood, brotherhood and surrogate fatherhood. Above all, it’s a novel about what it means—and whether it’s possible—to heal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2018 by \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2018 by \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2018 by \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed a \"Must-Read March Release\" by \u003ci\u003e Book Riot\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“46 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2018” \u003ci\u003eElectric Lit\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinter Okra Pick from the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hub City Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044213604592,"sku":"9781938235382","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938235382_p0.jpg?v=1763662943","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938235382","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}